First MLG 2010 Pro Circuit Details

Looks like MLG is ready to drop the first details of their 2010 Pro Circuit. Halo 3 is back along with some other games you've probably never heard of. Details below. Full line up after the jump.

"The 2010 Major League Gaming Pro Circuit is here. We know that you’re as excited as we are to kick off the next chapter of MLG’s storied history. A lot has changed this year, but what won’t ever change is that MLG remains gaming’s ultimate proving ground, where the world’s top pros and talented amateurs battle for the most coveted prize in gaming: The title of MLG Champion.

2010 features some exciting new announcements: The return of fighting games to the Pro Circuit; the addition of MW2 as an official online Pro Circuit Title; the return of Halo with increased stipends for the top players, as well as the return of both the PC Circuit and the EA Sports Challenge Series.

So buckle up, check out the info below, and be sure to stop back in the coming weeks for additional announcements!

Five Cities, Thousands of Competitors, One Dream
The 2010 Pro Circuit will be landing in five cities across the country. There will be four regular season competitions, followed by the National Championships. We’re happy to bring you the first two cities and dates below:

Pro Circuit Stop 1
ESPN Wide World of Sports at Disney World
Orlando, FL
April 16-18

Pro Circuit Stop 2
Columbus Convention Center
Columbus, OH
June 4-6

Stay tuned for the announcement of the remaining three cities and dates!

Return of the King
Halo 3 is entering its third season on the Pro Circuit, and 2010 promises to bring tougher competition than ever. With the addition of the Doritos Pro-Gaming Combine, there will be a total of nine Halo 3 competitions this year – and they all build up to one final showdown at the National Championships.

* Registration for MLG Orlando opens March 16 at 7pm ET
* The top 16 ranked teams overall will hold pro status
* Increased stipends for all pro players
* Over $500,000 in season prizes. Full prize list
* Full integration with the Doritos Pro-Gaming Combine, making a total of nine Halo 3 live competitions in 2010
* The first Halo 3 Online Qualifier will be for MLG Columbus, and will help players boost their seed at all live competitions. Online Qualifier competition starts on March 29. Registration opens March 15.
* More info coming soon!"

HCFFC #4: Alpha Strife

Press your luck, Halocharts challenge style!

The Firefight Challenge Team at Halocharts.com has put together yet another challenge to test your meddle, tax your skills and press your luck.

"This challenge pushes you to take the fight to the invading Covenant forces in a hard-hitting, highly explosive manner. This challenge takes place on Alpha Site and is played on Heroic or Legendary difficulty only...

Rack up those multi-kills along the with all the other required objectives laid out on the challenge page to earn some nice and shiny awards for your Halocharts player page... If you think you got what it takes to do better than what we've dished out, play the challenge as prescribed and take a shot at completing the three bonus objectives that we've put out there to earn even more player page love. Of course if you've got some kind of monster ability in Firefight, there is always the highly coveted, and rarely awarded "Helljumper Awards". Jump over to Halocharts.com to check out all the challenge specifics and let's see if you're really as good as the ego you like to sport around with suggests.

Make sure you watch your back and do your best not to get caught in the crossfire."

MLG FFA Going Live in Five!

Party of one.

Okay, so it might be a little more than five minutes, but we're rolling out the MLG FFA playlist real soon. Like today soon. While you wait, read up on this short list of playlist details or head over to Major League Gaming for all the details.

Tag and Release - UFO

Yeah, we don't know what that last one is either. Pretty horrifying. If you're ready for more, get the whole truth by delving into our community files collection. Be careful though, you can never unsee what you're about to uncover.

'Scaling Death" - Halo 3 Montage

Monday morning montage!

How could we start the week off without a montage? This one's pretty spiffy, though the soundtrack's a bit, uh...high energy. Still, the plays are great and they span multiple gametypes from custom to pro play. Check it out.

Grifball Double EXP Weekend LIVE!

Gametypes

Grifball (55%) - Teams vie over a bomb, attempting to plant and detonate the bomb on the other team's arm point. Players spawn with Gravity Hammers and Energy Swords. Player traits: No grenades, infinite ammo, 200% damage and no shields. Ball carrier traits: Orange forced color, 2x shields and 150% movement speed. Assault bomb arms instantly, and one successful detonation ends the round. Team with the highest score after five rounds wins. Three minutes per round.

Project: Conquest

Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

HBO found this nice little video with some upward mobility. Looks like Anakade systematically scouted out all of the tallest buildings in New Mombasa and the proceeded to make each and every one his -blam!-. Up, up, and away!

Escapin’ From the A-R-K

Miley Cyrus meets Halo 3.

Well, I bet they already met and Halo 3 was all, "Sorry gurl, I'm M-rated. Gonna need to talk to your parents." And then Billy Ray Cyrus was there and he did this funny little dance and Halo 3 was all like, "lol."

(Check out some spoilerific fan-crafted lyrics set to a popular Miley Cyrus song over at hawty McBloggy.)

Dimension X Season 3, Episode 2, Part 1

Tag and Release - Sandbox

Dig your toes in.

For this week's Tag and Release, we dug into the sandy slopes of Sandbox. Our dig turned up more than a few gems and we've polished six of 'em up and put 'em on display for your viewing pleasure below. Check out the collection by scrolling southward.

Get it? Sandbox? Yeah. Anyway, if you want to find your own sweet screenshots, you should know where to find them by now. We've got a few million offerings waiting to be found in our Community Files collection. Dig?

Halo Theme Fan Remix

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeemix!

Whoa. HBO came across this kick ass YouTube remix of the Halo theme. Turn your headphones up and get ready for a whole heaping pile of Monday morning audio glory. I gotta get Marty to let us remix some stuff officially!

'Bearin Yooden' - Halo 3 Mashup Montage

Wait for the cream.

The basterds who call themselves Team Scoog got all inglorious on that ass and made a merciless mashup montage using footage from a recent Tarantino offering and their recent Halo 3 exploits. Check this out. It's awesome. (Adult Content.)

Clyde & Roy, the Halo Bobbleheads

Hawty McBloggy says you suck at machinima.

She says you're old, busted, and washed up. Says everything that was ever good about the community set sail for the Undying Lands in an gilded age that moved on long ago. As evidence, she says this series is the best you have to collectively offer.

New MLG Community Map Pack

Whoa. MLG popped in to let us know that their kick ass community lovingly crafted twelve brand spankin' new community maps. Ready to get your competitive game on? Get 'em while they're hot.

"Over the past five months, the guys from MLG's Halo 3 Forge Forum have put together a map pack you're sure to enjoy. Over 20 forgers came together to provide their talent and input, and the result is some truly amazing maps. The pack features 18 quality maps created on Foundry and Sandbox with competitive play in mind. There has been an immense amount of work put into this map pack by the MLG community, and it shows. In the thread linked below, you'll find descriptions of each map, a listing of the supported gametypes, as well as screenshots galore. For your convenience, there's also a direct link to download the maps below."